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Mumbai, February 26 A sessions court here on Thursday acquitted Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya's wife, Medha Somaiya.Overturning a magistrate's ruling, Additional Sessions Judge Mahesh Jadhav held that it could not be proven that the...

New Delhi, February 26 A court here has acquitted a man in a 2016 robbery case, stating that his involvement in the case was "highly questionable" as the complainant had failed to identify him during a police-conducted test identification parade (TIP).Additional Sessions Judge Pawan Kumar...

New Delhi, February 26 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at the residences of industrialist Anil Ambani and the offices of Reliance Communications (RCom) after registering a second case against the company based on a complaint filed by the Bank of Baroda on February...

Chandigarh, February 26 – The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the criminal charges against former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Associated Journals Limited in connection with the re-allotment of a plot in Panchkula.A bench of Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya overturned...

Vijayawada, February 26 – Muppidi Avinash Reddy, an accused in the Andhra Pradesh liquor scam case, surrendered to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) here on Thursday.This came two days after the Supreme Court refused to grant him anticipatory bail and directed him to surrender to the police...

Muzaffarnagar (UP), February 25 A special court for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes here has sentenced a head constable to life imprisonment for shooting a government teacher who was on duty during the 2024 Uttar Pradesh Board examinations, an official said on Wednesday.Special Judge...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), February 25 A man who had been on the run abroad for nearly two years in connection with a criminal case against him was arrested at Mangaluru International Airport upon his return to the country, police said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Ibrahim Batees, a...

Thane, February 25 A special POCSO court in Thane has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 2021, stating that the crime was "heinous" and deserved no leniency.Although the accused's DNA report did not match the victim's fetus...

New Delhi, February 24 A Delhi court on Tuesday convicted a man for sodomizing and murdering a 11-year-old boy in 2019, stating that the prosecution had proven the charges against him beyond any reasonable doubt.The arguments regarding the sentence will be heard on a later date.Additional...

Ahmedabad, February 24 The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction and five-year rigorous imprisonment sentence of former Director General of Police S S Khandwawala in a 1976 custodial torture case, deeming the order of the sessions court as "erroneous and lacking merit"...

New Delhi, February 23 A Delhi court has convicted two men for attempting to murder a "golgappa" vendor who was stabbed multiple times after he demanded payment for the snacks he had sold in Chandni Chowk in 2018.Additional Sessions Judge Virender Kumar Kharta held the accused, Javed and Anuj...

Patna, February 23 – In a major setback for the Andhra Pradesh Police, the Patna Civil Court on Monday refused to grant transit remand to Bihar Home Guard and Fire Service Inspector General (IG) M. Sunil Nayak.The court sharply questioned the procedure adopted by the Andhra Pradesh Police and...

Dehradun, February 23 The Uttarakhand High Court on Monday observed that no matter how strong the suspicion, it cannot replace evidence.Justice Ashish Naithani made this observation while hearing an appeal filed against the sessions court verdict in a suicide case that occurred in the Khatima...

Thane, February 22 A truck driver has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl in the Thane district, a police official said.Imran Subrati Khan, also known as Badal, who had been evading arrest in the case since November 2022, was apprehended by Crime Detection Unit 1 of...

Ballia (UP), February 21 A court in Ballia on Saturday sentenced four individuals to life imprisonment in a murder case that dates back 21 years, related to a rivalry, police said.The prosecution stated that on November 3, 2004, around 11 pm, Lallan Pandey and his son Jitendra Kumar Pandey...

Thane, February 21 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi presented Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal as his new surety in the 2014 defamation case filed by an RSS activist, completing the legal formalities necessitated by the death of former Union minister Shivraj Patil.The Bhiwandi...

Thane, February 21 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appeared before the Bhiwandi magistrate's court on Saturday to provide a fresh surety in a 2014 defamation case filed by an RSS activist, naming the party's Maharashtra chief, Harshwardhan Sapkal, as his new guarantor.Gandhi, who faced a...

Thane, February 21 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived at a magistrate's court in Thane district, Maharashtra, on Saturday to provide a new surety in the defamation case filed against him by an RSS activist.The Bhiwandi magistrate's court had asked Gandhi to provide a fresh surety in the...

Thane, February 20 A special court in Thane, Maharashtra, has acquitted a 37-year-old man accused of raping a minor girl, stating that the prosecution failed to prove that the survivor was a "child" and noting significant inconsistencies in her testimony.In the judgment dated February 12...

New Delhi, February 20 The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the response of the Delhi Police regarding a bail plea filed by Olympian Sushil Kumar in the murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar.Justice Anup J Bhambhani issued notices to the Delhi Police and the...